Re: Walk Two Moons--Did you like it?

[LINDAG@BNK1.BNKST.EDU]

I read it and liked it very much, despite some of the soap-opera
like circumstances around the friend's story. The book committee I
am a member of, The Child Study Children's Book Committee at Bank
Street College, was considering it for our annual award. (It was a
close runner-up). I did have it in the library before it won the
award.  A ten-year-old in my school just finished it. She loved it
and thought the ending was both sad and a total surprise. Adults who
have read it know or are prepared for the fact that Cal's mother is
dead; apparently kids do not, because when I asked her, she shushed
me so as not to spoil it for the next reader.

I will be interested in this discussion. Most of the chat I've read
on other lists concerns Smoky Night and the omission of Pink and
Say!

Regards,
Linda

On  Mon, 13 Feb 1995
Patricia Gosda  wrote

>I just read Sharon Creech's _Walk Two Moons_ which just won the
>Newbery Award.  I'm curious about the silence on this listserv
>about this title.  Far different from the great discussions we've
>had about last year's winner, _the Giver_.
>
> Have you read this book?  Did you like it?  Do you think your
>students will like it?  Did you even buy it for your library before
>it won the award?
>
> I found the first half very slow going and made myself stick with
>it. After all, you have to read the Newbery book, right?  The
>ending is dynamite, but I won't go into detail for fear of spoiling
>it for those who want to read it.  I'm a little puzzled about this
>title winning the award.  What do you think?
>
> Patricia Gosda  (pgosda@vms1.nysed.gov) Van Antwerp Middle School,
>Niskayuna, NY
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Linda Greengrass
Bank Street College Library
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